Shoe and outer-sole therefor.



0. 0. DAVIS.

SHOE AND OUTER SOL E THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1916.

1 1 9 l ,500. Patented July 18,1916.

. Tamas STATES; PATENT:

OFFICE.

OSCAR C. DAVIS, OF BROCKTQN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE AI\l'D OUTER-SOLE THEREFOSR. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known-that I, OSCAR C. DAVIS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoes and Outer-Soles Therefor, of which the follow-' ing is a specification.

This invention relates to outer soles of vulcanizable material such as rubber or a composition containing rubber, and to a shoe having an outer sole of vulcanizable ma terial provided withv a marginal portion projecting outside the upper, the upper side'of said marginal. portion being exposed.

The object of the invention is to enable the exposed portion of the sole to simulate T the welt of a welted shoe, so that although, 1 the sole and upper are united by means other than the usual inseam stitches engag- 'ing a welt and an inner sole, the completed article will resemble a welted shoe.

The invention. consists in, the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and c1aim. I I

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 represents a perspective sectional view of the .fore part of a shoe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the sole shown by Fig. 1; Fig. 3 represents a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modification; Fig. 4:

-, represents a fragmentaryperspective view ably of acomposition susceptible to a bet-. ter finish and is set into the marginal por-.

tion of the upper side of the body and suitably united thereto.

'. The finishing strip forms-the portion of the upper side of the sole which, in the completed shoe, projects outside. the upper 14, the upper sides of the body and strip being flush with each other, and the outer edge of the strip being preferably of less thick ness than the body, and forming a part of the edge of the sole, as shown by Figs. 1, 2and 3. I N V I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed April 5,- 1916. Serial'No. 89,050.

Thestripmay be formed to simulate awelt having indented stitches, and as here shown has molded tapering transverse ridges formed in accordance with my patent 1,169,085.

The body and finishing strip may be united in any suitable way, preferably by vulcanization, said parts being prepared for vulcanization, assembled while in this cond tion and subjected to vulcahizing heat and thereby united. If desired, however, the

parts may be otherwise united, and may for example-be vulcanized before they are assembled, and then united by a cold process involving the employment of a cold vulcanizing or cementing fluid or material.

inner'or bottom face bearing on the corresponding recessed top face of the body, these being hereinafter called reciprocal side bearing faces, affording a union of consid-,

The finishing strip has a relatively wide erable area. Said union is preferably sup- 1.

plemented by complemental interlocking members or reciprocal edges on the strip and body at an angle to the side faces, Said edge members may include the inner edge 18 of the strip, a shoulder 19 on the body, the walls of orifices 20' formed in the strip and the margins of studs 21 integral with the body and entering the said orifices, all as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. The edge 18 may be beveled and the shoulder 19 undercut to overhang said edge. The orifices and studs may be omitted, and the inner edge 18 of.

the strip may be serrated, as shown by Figs. 3 and 4:, and beveled to-engage an undercut serrated shoulder 19 on the body. I The finishing strip for each sole may be cut from a supply strip of indeterminate length, and then 'fitted to and united with the sole body. The form of the upper side of the strip, causing it to simulate a stitched welt, may be expeditiously and advantageously imparted during the process of making the strip. It wouldbe a much more difficult and expensive operation to mold the -marginal portion ofthe upper side of the body to produce the same effect, or in other words, to make the indented stitchrsimulaik ing surface integral. with the body, in con-- I tradistinction to making it on a strip or ,veneer subsequently united to the body.

The sole and "upper may be connected in any suitable manner, or by any suitable means, such as stitches22, which may also secure an inner sole 23, as shown by Fig. 1. v

The finishing strip 13 may be provided with an inwardly projecting flange 24 of flexible material, such as duck or canvas, united by vulcanization or otherwiseto the strip and to the body 12. Said flange may be of suitable width to receive the stitches 22, and thus reinforce the stitch-receiving portion of the sole.

Having described my invention, ll claim:

1. An outer sole comprising a rubber body having a recessed marginal top face and an edge face at the inner edge thereof, and a marginal finishing strip of rubber formed to simulate a Welt and having bottom and inner edge faces integrally united respectively to the top and edge faces of the body, said parts forming an outer sole attachable as one part to a shoe body and adapted to project therefrom with the said finishing strip exposed.

2. An outer sole comprising a rubber body having a recessed marginal top face and an edge face at the inner edge thereof,

' and a marginal finishing strip of rubber formed to simulate a Welt and having bottom and inner edge faces integrally united respectively to the top and edge faces of the body, said parts forming an outer sole attachable as one part to a shoe body and adapted to project therefrom with the said finishing strip exposed, the said edge faces being inclined and interengaged.

3. A shoe comprising an upper, an inner sole, and an outer sole composed of a rubber body having a recessed marginal top face "and an edge face at the inner edge thereof,

the body and united thereto, said stripforming the marginal portion of the upper side of the sole, the finishing strip being provided with an inwardly projecting reinforcing fiange united to the strip and body.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

OSCAR C. DAVIS. 

